Sharing best practices to combat poverty, and protect and empower all women and girls

On Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 10am - 12pm

Tuesday, March 19, 2024
10am – 12pm

African Union
305 E 47th, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10017

 

SPONSORING MEMBER STATE

Permanent Mission of the Republic of Burundi to the United Nations

CO-SPONSORING CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION

Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam)
Family Watch International

BACKGROUND

Ending poverty in all its forms is the first of the Sustainable Development Goals, and achieving this goal is closely related to achieving many other global goals, including those relating to health and education.  For young people, poverty during childhood can have a lifelong impact.  Lack of access to good nutrition can hinder healthy development, and for many young children, particularly girls, poverty is a barrier to receiving a good education that can enable them to thrive and contribute to their communities.

Investment in the health and education of children, particularly those whose opportunities are limited by poverty, is key to reducing poverty more broadly, as those children’s future successes will benefit their families and communities as well.  Yet children do not exist in isolation, but in the context of the family.  Family stability is an important protection against poverty and other harms, and governments should prioritize support for the family as an important part of poverty reduction.  When families are strong and enabled to provide their children with nutrition, health care, and a good education, the ripple effects of that investment are felt throughout communities and across generations.  

OPENING REMARKS

H.E. Mr. Zéphyrin Maniratanga, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Burundi to the United Nations

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Her Excellency Honorable Imelde SABUSHIMIKE, Minister of National Solidarity, Social Affairs, Human Right and Gender. Republic of Burundi

STATEMENTS BY GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES

Invitations have been extended to Ministers from regional African countries

SPECIAL YOUTH GUEST

Ricky Tricia Uwera, Miss Popularity 2023, “Empowering Young Burundian Girls”

POLICY DISCUSSION

Timothy Rarick, Ph.D., Professor, Brigham Young University–Idaho, “The Importance of the family for poverty eradication and protecting women and girls from violence”

Sharon Slater, President, Family Watch International, “Children at risk: The need to protect the innocence of our children from harmful sexuality programs through development initiatives”

Rebecca Oas, Ph.D., Director of Research, C-Fam, “Healthy Motherhood: Fact vs Fiction”

Valerie Huber, President, The Institute for Women’s Health, “Empowering nations with high impact, low cost tools to improve health and flourishing for all”

MODERATOR

Lisa Correnti, Executive Vice President, Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam)

TRANSLATION

French/English translation to be provided

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